Deytion is a flowering ornamental shrub from the Hydrangea family. In nature, it can be found in Mexico, as well as in Japan and China. Plants with a slender vertical or more spreading crown effectively green the area. In spring and summer, they are covered with flowers for a long time, for which the action was called "oriental beauty." Deytion is great for single plantings in the garden, creating a hedge or decorating a recreation area near gazebos and benches. Caring for a plant is not difficult at all. With minimal effort, it pleases with lush vegetation and delicate flowers, therefore it is a welcome acquisition for many gardeners.

plant description

Deytion is a perennial deciduous shrub, which is 0.5-4 m in height. Its life span is about 25 years and annually the shoots add up to 25 cm in length. Lateral shoots are formed from the ground itself. The plant prefers to live in wet soils among forest glades or on the slopes of low hills.

Rhizome action mixed type. It combines 1-2 long rod processes, which are surrounded by fibrous roots in the upper part. The branched stems are covered with smooth dark brown bark. On old branches, the thin bark peels off in plates, which, like tatters, hang from the branches. This is not a sign of any disease. The branches are hollow inside, so they do not have strength and easily break from the load.

The shoots are covered with opposite petiolate oval or ovoid leaves. A smooth, rigid leaf plate of bright green color has a slightly pronounced relief pattern of veins and serrated edges. Leaves turn yellowish-brown in autumn.

In late spring, lush racemose inflorescences bloom on the shoots of last year. They consist of small bisexual flowers 1-2 cm in diameter. Each corolla has a double perianth and 5 oblong, pointed petals. The core consists of long stamens and an ovary. There are varieties with simple and double flowers. Their petals are painted in white, pink, purple or crimson. Some flowers are double colored with a contrasting center.

Flowering lasts up to two months, it is accompanied by an almost imperceptible pleasant aroma. Over time, in place of pollinated flowers, spherical seed pods ripen. When ripe, they crack on their own and release the smallest seeds. Some decorative varieties sterile and may not set fruit.

Species diversity

According to the international classification, the genus of action includes 72 species. Some of the species are especially popular.

Spreading shrub up to 2.5 m tall grows thin branches that tend to the ground. The old bark peels off on them. The shoots are covered with petiolate oval leaves with a thin elongated ending. The size of the foliage is 3-8 cm, sparse short hairs are located on its surface. The plant blooms by mid-June with small white flowers collected in loose brushes up to 12 cm long. Varieties:

• Terry - blooms beautiful terry flowers of double color, the outer bracts have a pink tint, and inside there are snow-white petals;
• Vaterera - double flowers outside are painted carmine, and inside they are white;
• White-dotted - dark green leaves are covered with small white spots.

Plants live on the mountain slopes of Japan. A shrub 50-150 cm high has a rounded crown with thin, arched branches. The pointed oblong leaves are painted in light green color. Their length is 6 cm. At the end of July, the bush is abundantly covered with simple flowers, collected in numerous brushes 9-15 cm long. Flowering lasts more than a month.

This group of plants combines intraspecific hybrids. The most interesting of them:

• Strawberry Fields. Spreading shrub up to 1.5 m high is covered with pointed dark green leaves. Large pink flowers bloom in June-July.
• Action is great. A slender plant up to 2.5 m high consists of slightly branched shoots covered with red or dark brown bark. Above the elongated dark green leaves in July, large double white flowers bloom. They are collected in paniculate inflorescences up to 10 cm long.
• Action pink. A tall spreading shrub up to 2.5 m in height is densely covered with dark green broad-oval leaves, which turn yellow-red in autumn. In June-July, pink double flowers bloom.
• Pink Pom Pom. A low, but very sprawling shrub with branches bent to the ground throughout the summer is abundantly covered with large white-pink flowers. They look like wide bells. Under the flowers is a dark green rough foliage oval or elongated.

Reproduction methods

The action is propagated by seeds and vegetatively. Seeds are sown before winter immediately in open ground. In the spring, the first shoots appear. Care for them is the same as for an adult plant. For the winter, it is necessary to cover the seedlings more carefully with non-woven material and spruce branches, as they are very sensitive to frost. Action blooms 3 years after sowing. The method is not so popular, because many ornamental varieties do not produce viable seeds.

Most often, the action is propagated by cuttings. Green cuttings 20-25 cm long are cut in early June. Remove immediately after cutting. lower leaves and withstand shoots in a solution of "Kornevin". Landing is carried out in containers with sandy-peat soil mixed with humus. It is moistened and deepened by branches at an angle of 5-10 mm. Landings are covered with a transparent cap and exposed to the street. As they take root, the shelters are removed, but for the winter the plants are brought into a greenhouse to protect them from frost. For next spring, they plan to transplant into open ground.

When propagated by lignified cuttings, branches 15-20 cm long are cut at the end of autumn. They are tied into small bundles, sprinkled with sand and stored in a cold greenhouse until spring. In March-April, the cuttings are planted in open ground at an angle and covered with foil. When the roots appear and the buds begin to bloom, the shelter is removed.

You can use the withdrawal method. Bending the lower shoots to the ground, sprinkle them with soil. To make the roots form sooner, you can put a few scratches on the bark. next spring rooted cuttings are cut off from the mother plant and transplanted to permanent place.

Landing and care

Deytion is planted in open ground from April to June. For her, well-lit places are selected without strong gusts of wind. Bushes are afraid of drafts. It is good if a shadow falls on the bush at noon. The soil should be nutritious and well-drained, but not too dry. Before planting, the earth is dug up and peat, compost and humus are introduced. Sand is added to too heavy, clayey soils. Acidity should be neutral or slightly acidic acidic soils add slaked lime.

A planting hole is dug in proportion to the rhizome of the seedling. Its approximate depth is about 50 cm. Crushed stone and sand are poured into the bottom. Straighten the roots and fill the free space with soil mixture. The root neck should remain on the surface. At group landings the distance between plants should be 2.5 m. The same amount should remain before any building. After planting, the soil is compacted and watered. It is better to immediately mulch the surface with peat.

Watering. Young plants need regular watering. As it grows, drought tolerance increases. In the absence of precipitation, a bucket of water is poured weekly under the bush. After watering, it is recommended to loosen the soil. Since autumn, irrigation is reduced, preparing plants for wintering.

Fertilizer. In the spring, a solution of compost, ash and rotted manure is added under each bush. During the flowering period, fertilizer is produced twice more with a mineral complex. Later fertilizers are not needed.

Pruning. To give the bush a shape, pruning is carried out. The plant tolerates this procedure very well. In the spring, frozen and dry branches are removed. Remove up to 25% vegetation. When flowering is over, you can remove some of the young shoots and old branches for thinning. In autumn, molding pruning is carried out due to young shoots. If you remove last year's branches, you can lose flowering next year.

Rejuvenation. Old thick bushes can be completely rejuvenated every 5-8 years. To do this, cut off all the ground parts in the fall, leaving only small stumps. In May, young shoots will appear, the development of which also needs to be controlled. Flowering after rejuvenation occurs in 2-3 years.

Wintering. Deytsia prefers warm winters and can withstand only slight frosts. If the temperature drops to -20°C, the entire shoot may freeze. Low bushes try to bend down more strongly in the ground, cover with non-woven material, spruce branches and dry foliage. After they are spudded to a height of 15-20 cm. As snow falls, it is thrown on top of the bush. Such a cover serves as an excellent protection against frost. Old stiff branches are easy to break, so they are tied vertically and propped up. From above, the plant is covered with lutrasil. In April, when the frost subsides, the shelter can be removed and the snow scattered further from the trunk so that the bushes do not rot when flooded.

Action in the garden

Beautiful cascading thickets, abundantly covered with white and pink flowers, are used in single landings or in groups - in the form of a hedge. Dwarf varieties suitable for mixborders and alpine slides. Tall, spreading bushes are planted near arbors or near the house as a spectacular solo plant. Deytion goes well with evergreen shrubs and conifers (rhododendron, terry kerria).

Plant action (lat. Deutzia) belongs to the genus of deciduous and evergreen woody perennials of the Hortensia family, numbering about 50 species, growing in the wild nature of Mexico, the Himalayas and East Asia. In our gardens, the deutia flower appeared not so long ago, but was appreciated for its long and elegant flowering. At the beginning of the 19th century, Dutch merchants brought Himalayan and Japanese types of action to Europe; Chinese plant species appeared in Europe only towards the end of the 19th century.

Today, the plant, named by Carl Thunberg in honor of one of the mayors of Amsterdam, Johann van Deutz, who sponsored a sea expedition to the East, is becoming increasingly popular, especially since there are many varieties and decorative forms to choose from, differing not only in color, size and shape of flowers, but as well as the height of the bush.

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Landing and care of the action (in short)

• Landing: spring.
• Bloom: about three weeks, depending on the variety - from mid-May to late July.
• Lighting: in the morning - bright light, in the afternoon - diffused light or partial shade.
• The soil: nutritious, moderately moist and well-drained, neutral.
• Watering: 1 bucket under a bush once a week, in the heat - two buckets. Since mid-August, watering is stopped.
• Pruning: twice a year - in spring and autumn, for the purpose of sanitary cleaning and for crown formation.
• Top dressing: only during the flowering period with liquid manure: 3-4 liters for each bush. Complex mineral fertilizers are applied twice a season.
• Reproduction: seeds and vegetatively: layering, green and woody cuttings, root offspring.
• Pests: bumblebee proboscis.
• Diseases: stable.

Read more about growing action below.

Deytion shrub - description

The action bush is sprawling or upright in height from 40 cm to 4 m. The leaves of the action are opposite. Until the flowers open, the action can be mistaken for a honeysuckle bush. The action blooms on the shoots of the previous year: white or pink flowers, odorless, abundantly covering the bush, are collected in racemose apical inflorescences. The deytion shrub lives for about 25 years. The fruit of the action is a box.

landing action

When to plant action

The best time for planting action is spring, when the soil has already thawed, but the buds on the trees have not yet blossomed. A seedling with a closed root system can be planted until June. Before planting the action, it is necessary to choose a site with comfortable conditions for the plant. Deytsia loves open spaces which are not exposed to direct sunlight in the afternoon. Please note that action does not like cold winds. The soil needs nutritious, non-dry, well-drained. Ideal soil - humus, peat compost, sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 2 - with a soil mixture of this composition, you need to fill the pit when planting, if the soil on the site is very different from what is necessary for normal growth and development of action. If the land on the site is too acidic, and the action prefers slightly alkaline soils, 300 g of slaked lime is added to the planting pit.

Action seedlings

If you decide to grow action, listen to our advice. When choosing seedlings in the store, carefully inspect the bush and determine if there are any damages on the shoots that will cause the seedling to hurt for a long time, if the kidneys are intact, if there are any symptoms of any disease. Open root seedlings are cheaper planting material in containers, but this is not the only plus: it is very important what condition the roots of the seedling are in, whether they are overdried, and if the seedling is in a container, it is difficult to determine. You need to buy seedlings immediately before planting; when transporting, it is advisable to wrap their roots in thick paper. Before planting, cut off the broken branches, shorten the roots to 35-40 cm, and if they are dry, soak them for 2-3 hours in a bucket with clay mash with the addition of one liter of a light pink solution of potassium permanganate.

How to plant an action

Landing action is carried out according to certain rules. Action should grow no closer than 250 cm from any other object, be it a building or another plant, since an adult bush takes up a lot of space. Dig a hole 40-50 cm deep, place a drainage layer there in the form of broken brick or sand, lower the roots of the seedling into the hole, then fill it with the soil mixture described in the previous section, to which 100-125 g of nitrophoska should also be added. The root neck of the seedling should be at the level of the soil surface or 1-2 cm below the ground. After planting, the soil is compacted and watered, and the branches of the seedling are shortened to 3-5 buds on each shoot to stimulate tillering. The site is mulched with a layer of peat 5 cm thick.

Action Care

How to take care of action

Care for the action is simple, but if you mulched trunk circle you will have even less work to do. Action does not like abundant and frequent watering, so one bucket of water once a week will be enough for her, in the hottest time the amount of water for irrigation is increased to two buckets, and from mid-August, watering the action is stopped altogether. After watering, the ground around the bush is loosened to a depth of 20-25 cm, if weeds appear, they are removed. It is necessary to feed the action monthly, introducing 3-4 liters of liquid manure under each bush. Twice a season, the action is fed with complex mineral fertilizers - 120-150 g for each bush. Top dressing is applied only during the flowering period.

Action transplant

When asked when the action is transplanted, the answer is unequivocal: only in the spring, since the transplantation of the action in the fall does not leave the plant time to take root in a new place before the onset of cold weather. The bush should be carefully dug out without destroying the earthen clod on the roots: the plant is dug around the perimeter of the crown projection, removed from the ground along with the root clod and moved to a new hole, into which drainage is first placed and 20-30 g of complex mineral fertilizer are applied. The pit is covered with a soil mixture of the same composition as during the initial planting, then the ground is carefully tamped and the transplanted bush is watered abundantly. After transplantation, it is advisable to cut down all the old branches, shorten the remaining shoots by a third, and mulch the trunk circle with peat. Adult bushes of action after transplantation can get sick for a long time, but young plants take root pretty quickly.

Trimming action

Growing action includes a procedure such as pruning. There are shrubs that can be pruned after a year or even two. Action requires pruning twice a year - in spring and autumn. In autumn, the branches that bloomed this year are shortened to the base or to the first strong bud, old branches are cut out, as well as those that thicken the bush. In addition to taking sanitary measures after flowering, they form the crown of the bush. In the spring, sanitary pruning is done, shortening the branches that have frozen and cutting off the branches broken during the winter. If most of the shoots have suffered, and the root system of the bush is well developed, the plant is cut "on the stump". In the same way, anti-aging pruning of the action is carried out.

Pests and diseases

The plant is largely resistant to diseases and pests, but occasionally the deytion suffers from a bumblebee proboscis that eats its leaves. You can get rid of the pest by treating the bush with a fifteen percent solution of phthalophos or karbofos.

Action after flowering

The blooming action is a beautiful sight, pleasing to the eye for quite some time, but eventually the flowering stops, and autumn comes, followed by winter very soon. Deytion has a very low cold resistance. Since the action blooms on last year's shoots, it is their most important thing to protect from frost in winter, otherwise the bush will lose its decorative effect for the whole next year. In areas that are characterized by snowy winters without severe frosts, it is enough just to bend the bush to the ground.

Landing and care for the action in the suburbs or other areas with cold winters includes all the items listed and described, and nevertheless differs somewhat from caring for the plant in the southern regions, because the frosty winters of the middle zone require mandatory shelter for the winter. And if your winters are frosty, but snowless, you will need more serious measures to protect the shrub from the cold than snow. One of these reliable methods is air-dry shelter, which is used in preparation for winter hydrangeas: the bush is laid on the ground, a frame is built over it, on which dry leaves are poured or spruce branches are thrown, the frame is covered with lutrasil on top, and on top of it - polyethylene film so that moisture cannot get inside the frame. This method is suitable for sheltering young bushes, the branches of which are easy to bend to the ground. Adult bushes are tied with twine or twine, and wrapped on top with breathable material, for example, spunbond, burlap or lutrasil - this will keep heat under the shelter and will not allow the kidneys to rot.

Types and varieties of action

Among the cultivated species and varieties of action, there are more or less popular ones. We will introduce you to most of them, and it is up to you to decide which type or variety to prefer.

Amur action, or small-colored (Deutzia amurensis)

extended to Far East, v North Korea and in China. In Russia, it is protected in several reserves. It grows in oak and coniferous-broad-leaved forests, it is found even at an altitude of 1400 m above sea level. This is a deciduous shrub up to two meters high with a sprawling bush shape. The brown bark of branches turns gray with age. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, up to 6 cm long, wedge-shaped at the base and pointed towards the apex, thinly serrate, pubescent on both sides, in spring and summer ash-green or bright green, yellow-brown or ocher in autumn. Multi-flowered corymbose inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter consist of white flowers, devoid of aroma. Flowering lasts three weeks, starting in late June. Inconspicuous fruits of a dirty yellow color are almost spherical boxes. This type of action is moisture-loving, photophilous, resistant to smoke, gases and drought, grows quickly and begins to bloom early.

Deutzia graceful (Deutzia gracilis)

originally from the mountains of Japan, it is small in stature - from 50 cm to one and a half meters, the shape of the bush is round, the branches are thin, arched, flowering is plentiful. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, elongated and pointed towards the apex, with an unequally serrated edge, up to 6 cm long, light green. From the underside of the plate, the leaves are bare, and from the top they are covered with stellate hairs. White flowers, collected in upright multi-flowered racemes up to 9 cm long, open in mid-July and bloom for about 35 days.

Action rough, or star-shaped (Deutzia scabra)

grows wild in China and Japan. It is a shrub up to 2.5 m high, very graceful, with reddish or brown bark, which peels off over time, elongated dull green leaves 3 to 8 cm long, pubescent with small star-shaped hairs, which makes the leaves rough. This species blooms later than all others. Flowering of slightly pinkish or white racemose inflorescences up to 12 cm long lasts two to three weeks. The rough action has various decorative forms:

• terry - terry flowers, pink on the outside, white on the inside;
• pure white - with double white flowers;
• Vaterera - with white flowers on the inside and carmine on the outside;
• pink-double - the most frost-resistant form with double flowers Pink colour;
• white-dotted - with small white spots on the leaves.

has the following description: a genus of deciduous and evergreen, perennial woody plants from the Hortensia family. There are 50 species, the distribution area of ​​\u200b\u200bwhich is Mexico, the Himalayas and East Asia. At the beginning of the 19th century, Dutch merchants brought the Himalayan and Japanese types of action.

Did you know? The Swedish naturalist Carl Thunberg named the plant after one of the mayors of Amsterdam, Johann van Deutz, who sponsored a sea expedition to the East.

The best time to plant action on the site

In the spring, when the soil has thawed, but the buds on the trees have not yet blossomed, you can plant the action. The end of March - the beginning of April is best. Seedlings with a closed root system can be planted until mid-June.

Choice of landing site

– a light-loving plant that needs a sunny place, protected from piercing winds. Neighboring plants should not obscure the garden shrub, which will withstand the light partial shade created by the crowns of large trees. Moderate humidity and supply scattered light useful for action. The action develops best and spends the flowering period on loose, moderately moist, fertile sandy and loamy soils with a slightly alkaline reaction of the soil environment.

To avoid stagnation ground water soil drainage should be ensured, thanks to which the nutrients will be evenly distributed and a moisture regime will be created that contributes to the normal development of the root system of action. It is necessary to select a variety of action suitable for the soil. The least whimsical varieties are Pink Action and Action Turbilon Rouge.

Important! It is very difficult to distinguish one or another type of action without special knowledge, you need to pay attention to the structure of the seeds of the capsule or the structure of the leaf.

How to choose and prepare seedlings before planting

When choosing seedlings, you need to carefully examine the bush, determining the presence of damage on the shoots, the integrity of the kidneys, the condition of the roots, or symptoms of diseases. It is worth buying seedlings right before planting, if they have to be transported, the roots must be wrapped with thick paper. Immediately before planting, cut off broken branches, shorten the roots to 40 cm, and if they are dry, soak for several hours in a bucket with clay mash, adding 1 liter of potassium permanganate solution.

Rules for planting young seedlings of action

For planting, you should dig a landing hole up to 50 cm deep, in order to drain the bottom, you need to pour sand or broken bricks with a 10-centimeter layer. Action has its own growing characteristics, and therefore you need to know some subtleties. Gardeners recommend adding 100 g of Nitrophoska to the soil mixture to fill the pit. You can not deepen the root collars of seedlings, you need to leave them at ground level. After planting, they compact and mulch the soil with peat.

Garden action care

The action itself, its cultivation and care in the garden will not require large investments of effort and money.

How often to water

Adult deytion shrubs are drought-resistant, do not tolerate excess moisture, they only need one bucket of water once a week for each bush. After watering the action, it is worth loosening the soil by about 20 cm. In summer and during the flowering period, you need to increase watering, and stop in early August so that the plant has the opportunity to prepare for winter. Young plants need to be watered abundantly, especially during their active growth. It is worth monitoring the condition of the soil, regularly weeding weeds near the action, which will interfere with its development.

Soil mulching

Mulching the trunk circle with fallen leaves and straw is one of the simplest ways. You can also use peat for mulching, and insulate small bushes cardboard boxes, boxes or branches of coniferous spruce branches. The cold is very detrimental to young seedlings and seedlings of action. At the end of November, at low air temperatures, when the ground freezes a few centimeters, the bushes need to be tightly covered with a layer of dry foliage or coniferous spruce branches.

When and how to feed

Feeding the action is done with compost with a glass of ash or fermented liquid manure in the proportion of 1 liter per 10 liters of water. Twice a season they bring under the bush complex fertilizers("Ammophos" or "Nitrophoska") 150 g each. Plant fertilizer should be carried out during the flowering period and early summer, so as not to impair the frost resistance of the action.

Preparing the site for action, it is dug up, introducing manure or peat-manure compost (10-15 kg / m2), potassium sulfate and dolomite flour to reduce soil acidity (100-200 g/m2). You can improve the structure of heavy clay soil by adding sand and peat (10-15 kg/m2). Peat soils it is necessary to add sand and clay; loam and peat are added to sandy loam, which has the property of accumulating and retaining water.

The mixtures are thoroughly mixed, the soil is dug up with a shovel or a cultivator up to 20-25 cm. After the earthen clods have dried, they are crushed with a rake. If the land on which the action is going to be planted is cultivated, pits are dug in the spring before planting, heavy soils should be prepared in advance in the fall.

Important! The action has one great feature - it is immune to tobacco smoke and exhaust gases, so it is advisable to plant it along roads and highways.

How to cut action

Pruning action is carried out in spring and late summer. In early May, the branches that grow inside the crown, damaged and unripe in the past year, as well as the tips of the shoots that are frozen, are removed. Each branch that fades after flowering is cut off to a young shoot, which is also shortened by a third, and subsequently it begins to tiller and lay flower buds. Action may also require a process such as pruning in the fall.

The procedure includes cutting out branches that have thickened the bush, and already old ones. If the shrub is more than five years old, it is necessary to get rid of 1-2 of the oldest shoots every 2-3 years, thus rejuvenating the bush.

How to prepare action bushes for winter

– heat-loving plant, and its preparation for winter begins early enough. Harsh winters can rob a shrub of flowering by killing the previous year's shoots. Young plants should be bent to the ground, fix the branches with two sticks crosswise or in small arcs, pour fallen leaves on top and build a mini-house from sticks, covering it with lutrasil and polyethylene.

The design will not allow the snow settling in the spring to adversely affect the branches: bend them down and break them. It will be more difficult with an adult bush - it cannot be bent due to the fragility of thick branches. They begin to prepare adult plants for winter even before the leaves completely fall off, which in the future can become additional protection from the cold.
The branches of the bush are carefully pulled together with a rope, the bush is covered with a bag or any dense non-woven material, secured with clothespins on top. This shelter will protect not only from low temperatures, but also from the drying up of shoots, since without a bag, flower buds run the risk of drying out.

When and how to transplant

Transplant action in the spring. First, they dig a bush very carefully, trying not to destroy the root earthen ball. To do this, they dig in the action from all sides along the contour of the crown, then take it out with an earthen clod and transfer it to a new place.

Before this, 30 g of complex mineral fertilizer is added to the planting pit. The root neck should not go deep into the ground or rise above it. The action in its new place grows evenly and does not tilt, the free space between the clod of earth and the wall of the pit should be completely covered and carefully compacted.

After transplanting, the shrub is well watered. When this is done, the plant is watered abundantly. Young plants, unlike adults that can get sick, normally tolerate transplantation, quickly settle into a new place and bloom well.

Did you know? landscape designers you should know that action can be transplanted next to a lilac bush, the flowering of which will anticipate the flowering of action.

Resistance to diseases and pests

The garden shrub deutsia from the pluses has excellent resistance to diseases and pests, but sometimes the plant can be treated by a bumblebee proboscis that eats deutsia leaves. You can get rid of it by spraying the bush with a solution of Ftalofos, Karbofos, Decis or Kinmiks.

Methods of propagation of action

There are several ways to propagate a beautiful shrub.

cuttings

Action can undergo such a procedure as propagation by cuttings, only if well-developed, semi-lignified shoots covered with foliage. It takes place at the beginning of summer. When cutting cuttings, leaf blades are halved with scissors or secateurs. The lower cut is made obliquely, just under the internode, while the upper one is above the leaf node. Sliced ​​cuttings 12-15 cm long are planted in river sand, which is poured with a five-centimeter layer on the nutrient soil of the greenhouse. Action after planting and the entire period until the root has formed requires special care: it needs to be watered 3 to 7 times, depending on the weather.

Deutzia is a deciduous perennial (lives about 25 years) shrub 0.4-4 m high. It belongs to the Hortensia family. The natural habitat is Mexico, Japan, China.

The name of the plant was given in honor of Johann van Deitz, the mayor of Amsterdam, who sponsored the expedition to the East. Dutch merchants brought Japanese and Himalayan species to Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, and Chinese species became known towards the end of the aforementioned century.

Botanical description

Root system of mixed type: 1-2 taproots are combined with fibrous roots located in the upper part. The shape of the bush is upright or sprawling. The branches are hollow inside, easily broken from the load. The stems are covered with smooth dark brown bark, over time the old bark peels off and hangs in tatters - this is a natural process and is not a sign of any problems.

Action in landscape design Photo

Numerous oblong leaves are attached on short petioles, arranged oppositely, colored green - before flowering, the action can be confused with honeysuckle. Racemes begin to appear on last year's shoots in late spring. Flowering is plentiful. The diameter of the five-petalled corolla is 1-2 cm, the perianth is double.

The flowers are bisexual, painted in white, raspberry, pink, purple hue, there is a double color. They can be simple or terry. The core consists of an ovary and long stamens. Flowering lasts about 2 months and is accompanied by a subtle, subtle aroma. After flowering, spherical seed pods are tied.

Selection of seedlings and planting action in open ground

Deutzia ‘Scabra Plena’

When choosing seedlings in a store, you must carefully examine the bush for damage, signs of disease, whether the kidneys are intact. It is possible to choose a seedling with exposed roots rather than in a container, as you will be able to have a good look at root system(the roots should not be overdried, damaged) and the cost is more budgetary. Purchase such seedlings immediately before planting, wrap the roots with thick paper during transportation.

But best of all, the survival rate of seedlings with a closed root system, planted in a container. Here it is important to pay attention to the cleanliness of the leaves: so that there are no spots and various damages.

When to plant

You need to plant in the spring, when the ground has already thawed, and the buds have not yet opened. Pick up an open area without hitting straight lines sun rays after noon.

Preparation for planting and the distance between the bushes

If the roots of the seedling have dried up and become bare, you need to hold the plant for 2-3 hours in a container with a clay mash from a solution of light pink potassium permanganate; cut off broken branches. Container plants are lightly watered and allowed to stand so that the roots can be carefully removed along with the earthy clod.

The bush grows quite strongly, so it is necessary to plant at a distance of 2.5 m from other plants or any buildings. The soil needs loose, nutritious drained. If the soil in the garden does not meet these parameters, the planting holes can be filled with a mixture of humus, peat, sand in a ratio of 2:1:2. In too acidic soil, 300 g of slaked lime should be added. The depth of the landing hole should be 40-50 cm. Coarse-grained sand can be placed on the bottom as drainage.

How to plant

The soil removed from the planting hole (if it is suitable for the plant) or the prepared earth mixture must be mixed with 100-125 g of nitrophoska. Place the seedling in the planting hole, cover it with earth, the root neck should be a couple of centimeters above the soil surface. Press the soil a little, water the bush. To stimulate tillering, shoots should be shortened to 3-5 buds. Mulch the soil surface with a layer of peat about 5 cm thick.

How to care for action in the garden

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ photo

Watering

Watering will not be required often. It is enough to apply 1 bucket of water once a week, and in hot weather you will need 2 buckets of water at a time. From mid-August, stop watering.

After watering, loosen the soil to a depth of 20-25 cm. Remove weeds regularly.

top dressing

Top dressing should be applied only during the flowering period. Once a month, fertilize with organic matter (3-4 liters of manure solution for each bush). Twice a season, apply 120-150 g of complex mineral fertilizers under each bush.

pruning

Pruning should be done in spring and autumn. In the spring, shorten the frozen branches, cut off the broken ones completely. If almost all shoots have suffered from frost, it is best to carry out a cardinal pruning: cut them almost to the base, leaving only stumps. In the same way, the plant is rejuvenated once every 5-8 years.

After the end of flowering, it is necessary to shorten the shoots that have faded this year to the first strong bud or to the base. Cut off old branches, thin out the bush, give it the desired shape.

Transfer

If there is a desire or need to transplant a bush, this should be done only in the spring, so that the action has time to take root in a new place before the onset of cold weather. Moisten the soil, carefully dig out the bush and roll it along with the earthen clod into new planting holes. At the bottom, first place a drainage layer and 20-30 g of complex mineral fertilizer. Top up the earth, tamp, water abundantly. Old branches must be cut down, and young shoots shortened by 1/3 of the length. Adult bushes after transplantation adapt for a long time, but young ones take root quickly.

Diseases and pests

The plant is resistant to diseases and pests. Occasionally, a bumblebee proboscis can eat leaves - treat with an insecticide.

Frost resistance action and shelter for the winter

The frost resistance of the action is low, so it is necessary to cover it for the winter. In areas with snowy winters, it is enough to bend the bush to the ground and cover it with snow. During severe winters with low temperatures cover is required. It is most reliable to build an air-dry shelter (suitable for young plants): lay the bush on the ground, make a frame, cover with lutrasil or other non-woven material, additionally cover with spruce branches. Adult bushes should be tied with twine or twine, wrapped on top with breathable material (burlap, lutrasil, etc.).

Winter-hardy species suitable for the Moscow region and the middle zone, which can withstand drops to -18 ° C, are long-leaved deutsia, Lemoine deutsia, Amur deutsia, Pink deutsia. However, shelter for the winter is still necessary. Action rough (rough, terry) also winters in the Moscow region, but is more thermophilic and often damaged by frost. Requires enhanced cover. Frozen branches are pruned in spring.

Action from seeds

Action seeds photo

How to sow in the ground

• You can sow seeds in open ground before winter (crops must be covered for the winter with non-woven material, which is removed with the onset of spring heat).
• The bed is prepared in advance so that the earth settles.
• Shallow furrows are filled at a distance of 25-30 cm, seeds are sown to a depth of 1-2 cm, keeping a distance of 8-10 cm.
• In the spring, seedlings are weeded from weeds, moderately watered during the dry period.
• For the winter they cover with a layer of fallen leaves.
• Seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place in 2-3 years after reaching a height of 25-30 cm.

How to sow seedlings

• For sowing seeds of action for seedlings, use boxes with moist nutrient soil.
• Spread the seeds over the surface of the soil, spray with a spray gun, cover with a film or glass.
• Ventilate regularly, spray crops with water from a fine spray.
• Wait about 3 weeks for germination, then remove the cover.
• Continue to provide the plants with moderate soil moisture and bright diffused light.
• Fortified plants are planted in open ground in the spring of the next season, and in the fall, be sure to cover for the winter.
• The full development of the bush will take about 3 years.

Propagation of action by cuttings

Cutting action in the open field photo of rooted cuttings

Most often, propagation is carried out by cuttings.

How to propagate with green cuttings

• In early July, cut green cuttings 20-25 cm long.
• Remove the lower leaves, hold the stalk for a day in a growth accelerator solution.
• Carry out rooting in a container with sandy-peat soil, you can add humus.
• Place the branches at an angle of 45 °, deepen into the soil by 5-10 cm. Cover with glass or cling film and take it outside. Bring indoors for the winter, grow young seedlings until spring.

How to propagate with woody cuttings

Collect lignified cuttings 20-25 cm long in small bundles, tie, sprinkle the lower part with sand, store in a cool room until spring. In April, plant in open ground and build a film shelter. When the buds begin to bloom, the shelter must be removed.

Reproduction by layering and dividing the bush

layering

For propagation by layering, bend a branch in the ground, make a shallow incision and sprinkle with earth. Rooted cuttings are separated from the mother plant next spring.

By dividing the bush

The division of the bush is actively used during transplantation. The bush must be dug up, carefully cleaned of the roots from the ground, divided into parts. Each division must have growth buds. Plant immediately in open ground.

It is easiest to propagate by root shoots, since the bushes form shoots quite actively, then the mother plant does not need to be disturbed. The young shoot should be dug up and planted separately.

Popular types and varieties

Action Amur or small-colored Deutzia amurensis

Action Amur or small-colored Deutzia amurensis photo

Originally from the Far East, China, North Korea. Spreading deciduous shrub reaches a height of about 2 m. Elliptical leaf plates are 6 cm long, pubescent on both sides, bright green or ash-green color becomes yellow-brown by autumn. The corymbose inflorescences consist of white buds with a diameter of 7 cm. Flowering begins in June and lasts about a month.

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis photo

A native of Japan. The height of the rounded bush is 0.5-1.5 m. The stems are thin, bent in an arc. The color of the leaf plates is light green, the lower part is covered with hairs. Upright brushes about 9 cm long consist of many white flowers. Flowering lasts a little over a month.

Action rough or star-shaped Deutzia scabra

Action rough or star-shaped Deutzia scabra photo

Native to China, Japan. The bush reaches a height of 2.5 m. The shoots are covered with brown or reddish bark. The leaves are elongated, pubescent, painted in a dull green color. Racemose inflorescences about 12 cm long consist of white or pinkish flowers.

Decorative forms:

Deutzia Scabra Plena photo

• terry - terry corolla is white inside and pink outside.
• pure white - has snow-white terry flowers.

Deutzia scabra ‘Pride of Rochester’ photo

• Vaterera - the corolla is white inside, the outer part is painted in a burgundy shade.
• pink-terry - terry corolla is painted pink.

Deutzia scabra Candidissima photo

• white-dotted - green leaves are covered with whitish specks.

Action magnificent or magnificent Deutzia magnifica

Deutzia magnificent or magnificent Deutzia magnifica photo

It is a shrub reaching a height of 2.5 m. The shape of the leaf plates is elongated-ovate. Flowering is plentiful, shoots tend to the ground under the weight of large umbrella panicles 10 cm long. Flowers are double, white.

Deutzia longifolia

Deutzia longifolia photo

The height of the bush is 1-2 m. The shoots and the underside of the leaf plates are pubescent. Leaf plates reach a length of 12 cm, the surface is dark green, the reverse side has a grayish tint.

Deutzia lemoinei

Deutzia x lemoinei photo

Shrub reaching a height of 2 m. Flowering early, plentiful. The flowers are snow-white, the diameter of the corolla is 2 cm.

Decorative varieties:

• Boule de Nezhe - the height of the bush is 1.5 m. The flowers are white, with a diameter of about 2.5 cm.
• Mont Rose - flowers are large, painted in a bright pink hue.
• Pink Pompom - dense hemispherical inflorescences consist of double flowers of a bright pink color.

Other varieties are also popular: deutsia Vilmorin and Wilson, large-flowered, purple.

Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’

Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ photo

One of the most popular hybrids based on the action of the graceful and purple, with beautiful pink inflorescences of large double flowers.

Deytsiya whitest Deutzia Candidissima

Deutzia Candidissima photo

Various interspecific hybrid forms with bright white double flowers.

During the flowering of action, rarely anyone will not pay attention to it. And many gardeners want to have such flowering splendor on their plots. But this plant is southern, and many are interested in how to plant, grow and care for the action in the Moscow region. You will find answers to these questions in our article.

Deytsia - Asian beauty

Deutia belongs to the genus of perennial woody deciduous or evergreen plants of the Hydrangea family (for information on growing hydrangeas, see here). In the wild, action is common in East Asia, Mexico, the Himalayas. On the territory of Russia, some types of action can be found in the Far East.

Charming action came to our gardens from the east

In Europe, this plant became known thanks to the famous Swedish botanist Karl Thunberg, who, during his botanical research at the end of the 18th century, first saw the action in Japan and was fascinated by its beautiful flowering. The biologist named the plant in honor of the philanthropist Johann van Dyck, a Dutch merchant and mayor of Amsterdam, as a token of gratitude for the fact that he financed a marine botanical expedition to East Asia.

Since the end of the 19th century, when Dutch merchants brought Japanese and Himalayan types of action, these beautiful flowering shrubs became the subject of admiration for European gardeners. And at the end of the century, plants brought from Chinese lands appeared in the gardens.

Description and types

Action bushes, evergreen or deciduous, are upright or sprawling. Plant height, depending on the species, varies from 0.4 to 4 m. The leaves are simple opposite. In early spring, the shrub is beautiful with its fresh greenery, but the true beauty of the action is revealed during flowering, when exquisite white, purple or pink flowers, collected in apical racemose inflorescences, abundantly cover the bush. Unfortunately, the flowers are odorless.

There are many varieties of action, which differ in the height of the bush, the shape and shade of flowers and leaves.

Shrub with good care lives up to 25 years.

In nature, about 70 types of action are known, which differ in the height of the shrub, size, color and shape of the flowers. To decorate gardens and parks, there are many beautiful decorative hybrid varieties of plants obtained by crossing "wild" species. But in the conditions of central Russia, not all of them can endure quite severe winters. Therefore, for planting in the Moscow region, you need to choose winter-hardy varieties or hybrids that are hardy and will be able to overwinter with little shelter, and in the spring again please with beautiful flowering.

The most popular types of action for the middle lane

Action Amur (small-flowered)

In the natural environment, this shrub grows in the Far East in China and North Korea. Habitats - oak and coniferous-broad-leaved forests. In Russia, the Amur action is protected in the Far Eastern nature reserves.
Amur deytion is a sprawling shrub reaching 2 m in height.

Deutsia Amur

The bark on young shoots is brown, but becomes gray over the years. It has elliptical, finely serrated leaves, lowered and pointed at the ends, 5-6 cm long. In spring and summer, the color of the leaves is bright or grayish-green, and in autumn it changes to brown-yellow. The shrub sheds its leaves in winter.

The flowers are medium-sized white, collected in corymbose inflorescences with a diameter of 6-7 cm. The bush blooms at 2-3 years of age and beautiful inflorescences, generously strewn with branches, delight the eye for almost 2 months: from May to early June. By autumn, fruits ripen from flowers - spherical boxes of dark yellow color with small seeds.

Action graceful (slim)

The most spectacular of the plant species introduced into the culture. It is a bush of a rounded shape, up to one and a half meters in height. The branches are decorated with light green oblong lanceolate leaves, covered with sparse hairs on top. By autumn, the leaves turn beautifully yellow, and fall off by winter.

Action graceful

The graceful action blooms very beautifully. Since the end of May, its branches are literally covered with multi-flowered snow-white erect paniculate inflorescences, which are 10 cm long. This species can endure the winter quite well, but it must be covered, and a snow blanket will be the best shelter for it.

Deutzia Lemoine

This is a wonderful winter-hardy hybrid of Amur deutsia and graceful deutsia. It is a bush up to 2 m in height. Blooms early and profusely. Bushes with paniculate inflorescences 9-10 cm long, collected from numerous white small (up to 2 cm) flowers, look very impressive and rich.

Deutzia Lemoine

Action purple

Shrub 0.6-2m high with thin broad-lanceolate green leaves up to 5 cm long, very beautiful during flowering - from early June to July.

Flowers, up to 2 cm in diameter, come in all shades of pink and purple, 6-12 pieces are collected in inflorescences-baskets.

Action purple

Deutsia purple is a very spectacular and picturesque shrub, and although in the conditions of the Moscow region it is poorly adapted to a frosty winter and for its safety you need to tinker, covering it from the cold, but it's worth it - next year she will thank you for your care and again give beautiful flowers.

Landing: where, when and how to plant action

Deytion is a light-loving shrub, but does not tolerate direct sunlight and drafts, so it is better to plant it in the partial shade of the crowns of large trees and a place protected from the wind. Also, the bushes need space, which means that at a distance of about 2 m around it there should not be the nearest tree or building.

For good growth and development of shrubs, soil is needed that meets certain requirements, namely:

• nutritious;
• slightly hydrated;
• with slightly alkaline reaction;
• well drained;
• loose.

A good place for the action would be a plot in the shade of the house

If the soil on the site does not meet the requirements, then when planting, the pit should be filled with the following composition: humus, sand, peat compost, taken in the ratio: 2:2:1. If the soil on the site has an acidic reaction, before planting in the pit, you need to add slaked lime, about 300-350 g.

It is best to plant the action in the spring, as over the summer it will take root well and get stronger before the winter cold. Landing time in the Moscow region must be chosen according to the weather. The soil should be thawed by now, but the buds on the trees have not yet had time to blossom. Seedlings with closed roots (in containers with soil) can be planted until early June.

Advice! For better growth and development of the bush, it is desirable to shorten each shoot of the seedling to 4-5 buds after planting.

Now the main thing: how to plant a shrub:

Mulching the soil around the bush

1. Dig a hole about 50 cm deep.
2. Put a layer of drainage on the bottom - fine gravel, sand, broken brick.
3. Lightly sprinkle the drainage with the soil mixture described above, after adding 100 g of nitrophoska to it.
4. Lower the roots of the seedling into the hole, so that its root collar is at the level of the ground surface, or 1-2 cm underground.
5. Fill the seedling with earth (or soil mixture), tamp the soil and water.
6. Mulch the area around the seedling with a 4-5 cm layer of peat.

Advice! This fit is ideal but, again, optional. If the soil meets the requirements, then points 1,2,3 can be omitted. And, having dug a hole, immediately proceed to step 4.

Action - care, feeding and watering

It is very easy to take care of the action.

The bush does not need frequent watering. For an adult plant, it is enough if it is watered once a week with a bucket of water. On hot days, you can water twice a week, using one bucket of water at a time. From the second half of August, watering can be stopped altogether. After watering, it is advisable to loosen the moistened soil, simultaneously removing weeds.

It is not necessary to water the action often

Once a month, the plant needs to be fertilized with liquid manure. To do this, 3 liters of manure is diluted in water for irrigation and this dose must be applied under each bush.

A couple of times during the season, it is advisable to revive the action with a complex of mineral fertilizers - 130-150 g for each bush.

Attention! Top dressing should be applied only during flowering.

Another very important procedure for caring for the action is pruning the bush. It should be carried out twice a year - in spring and autumn.

Pruning a deytion bush

1. In the spring, after examining the bush after wintering, damaged and dead branches should be removed. If the shoots are poorly preserved, but the root system is “alive”, then the branches are cut off completely, leaving small stumps. In the same way, pruning is done in order to rejuvenate the shrub.
2. In autumn, after flowering, the branches on which there were flowers should be cut to the first strong bud. You also need to cut off old and strongly interfering branches. And also "ennoble" the shape of the bush.

Preparing the action bush for wintering

Most types of action do not tolerate frost well. Therefore, touching on the topic “action - landing and leaving in the suburbs”, one cannot ignore such an important issue as preparing for winter.

Since the flowers of the plant appear on the shoots of last year, for beautiful flowering they need to be protected from frost, and cold winters in the Moscow region require that the plant be securely covered: snow alone is not enough.

Winter shelter for action

For young bushes, you can use the method of air-dry shelter. In this case, the bush must be bent to the ground. And above it to build a hut, on which lay spruce branches or pour dry leaves. From above, cover all this with lutrasil, and on top of it - a film of polyethylene, which will protect the shelter from moisture.

Mature bushes, the branches of which are not so flexible, should be tied together, and breathable material, such as burlap, spunbond or lutrasil, should be wrapped around them, which will keep the heat under the shelter and prevent the kidneys from scorching. Such easy way will keep action from frosts to minus 30 °C.

Action multiplication

Action propagates:

• cuttings;
• dividing the bush;
• seeds.

action stalk

The simplest and most common method of reproduction - cuttings. To obtain cuttings, you need to cut large healthy shoots from an adult bush in July. Then, in pots filled with a nutrient mixture, plant shoots at a slight angle, after powdering with Kornevin, for better rooting. Pour a little sand on top of the soil, pour it over, cover the pot with polyethylene and put it in a greenhouse.

When the cuttings take root, they should be planted in open ground. The first year, the bushes will be afraid of hypothermia, so they need to be well covered for the winter, as described above.

Young plants can be obtained by dividing the mother bush

When multiplying the action dividing the bush, an adult shrub is dug up and, carefully dividing the root system into 2-3 parts, they are immediately planted in open ground at a place chosen and prepared in advance.

Reproduction by seeds also not a very complicated method. Seeds collected in autumn are planted in spring in boxes with prepared soil. Cover with glass and periodically watered. After a week and a half, shoots will appear, and when there are three or four true leaves on the sprouts, and the sprouts are strong enough, they can be transplanted into open ground.

Cultivation action: video

Varieties of action: photo

Deutzia is a perennial woody plant that can be evergreen or deciduous. This plant belongs to the hydrangea family. This genus comprises about 50 species. various plants, which in natural conditions can be found in East Asia, Mexico and the Himalayas. In mid-latitudes, they began to be cultivated quite recently, but gardeners immediately fell in love with them for their spectacular and very long flowering. Japanese and Himalayan types of action were brought to European countries by Dutch merchants in the early 19th century. But European gardeners learned about Chinese species only at the end of the 19th century.

This plant was named by K. Thunberg. He named it after Johann van Deutz, who was mayor of Amsterdam and also sponsored a sea expedition to the East. This plant is gaining more and more love from gardeners every year, because it has a huge number of forms and varieties that differ not only in color, size and shape of flowers, but also in the size of the bush.

Action features

The bush of such a plant can be erect or spreading. Its height varies from 0.4 to 4 meters. The leaf blades are opposite. The bush looks very similar to honeysuckle until flowering begins. Flowers open on last year's shoots. Reveals on the bush a large number of pink or white flowers that do not have a scent. They are part of the apical inflorescences in the form of a brush. The life span of the action is approximately 25 years. The fruit is a box.

How to plant action in open ground

When to plant

Action is recommended to be planted in the spring. At a time when the earth is already thawed, but the buds have not yet begun to open. seedling with closed system roots, can be planted before the start of the summer period. Before proceeding with a direct landing, it is necessary to choose the most suitable site for this. Open areas are best suited for this shrub, while in the afternoon the branches should not be exposed to direct sunlight. It should also be noted that the action reacts negatively to the cold wind. The land should not be dry, well-drained and saturated nutrients. The best for planting is a soil mixture consisting of peat compost, humus and sand, taken in a ratio of 1: 2: 2. In the event that the composition of the soil at the planting site differs greatly from the required one, then such an earth mixture will need to be poured into the prepared planting hole. The shrub also needs slightly alkaline soil. In the event that it is excessively acidic, then during planting it is necessary to add 300 grams of slaked lime to it.

seedlings

It is necessary to choose a seedling in a special store carefully enough. You need to look so that there are no significant damages on the stems, signs of disease, and you also need to check the condition of the kidneys. Saplings in containers are sold slightly more expensive than those with an open root system. But it should be noted that for seedlings in containers it is impossible to assess the condition of the roots, so they can be damaged, rotten or overdried. Buy seedlings from open system roots should be immediately before planting, while the roots should be wrapped with a thick sheet of paper during transportation. Before planting a plant, it is necessary to cut off the injured branches, shorten the roots to 35-40 centimeters. In the event that the root system is dry, then it is necessary to immerse it for 2–3 hours in a container filled with clay talker, while pouring a liter of pale pink potassium manganese solution into it.

Landing features

When disembarking, the action should be followed certain rules. So, when planting, it must be taken into account that from this shrub to any other plant or structure there must be a distance of at least 2.5 meters. The fact is that the adult bush is quite wide. Depth landing pit should be from 0.4 to 0.5 meters, at its bottom it is necessary to place a drainage layer, which can be made from sand or broken bricks. After that, the root system of the action should be placed in the pit, and then it should be covered with soil mixture, which is discussed in more detail above, while 100 to 125 grams of nitrophoska should be poured into it. After planting is completed, the root neck of the plant should be flush with the ground or a couple of centimeters buried in the soil. The soil after planting must be compacted, and the bush must be watered. In a shrub, all stems should be shortened to 3–5 buds, this will increase the bushiness of the plant. The trunk circle must be covered with a layer of mulch (peat), while its thickness should be 5 centimeters.

Action Care

There is nothing complicated in caring for such a shrub, while a layer of mulch will save some of the work. Deytion reacts negatively to waterlogging, so it needs to be watered infrequently. It will be enough 1 watering per week, while 10 liters of water should go to 1 bush. During a hot dry period, the amount of water should be increased to 20 liters per bush. From the second half of August, the plant is no longer watered at all. When watering is completed, you need to loosen the soil to a depth of 20 to 25 centimeters, while removing all weeds. Top dressing is carried out 1 time in 4 weeks, for this, 3-4 liters of liquid manure are poured under each bush. During the season, it is necessary to feed the action with complex mineral fertilizer (from 120 to 150 grams per bush) only 2 times. Feed the plant only during flowering.

Transfer

Transplant this shrub possible only in the spring. The fact is that a specimen transplanted at another time of the year does not have time to take root before the onset of winter. The plant must be dug out carefully, while the clod of earth on the root system should not be destroyed. The bush must be dug around the perimeter of the projection of its crown, it is pulled out of the ground along with the roots and a clod of earth. Then it is moved to a new landing hole, which should be prepared in advance, while 20 to 30 grams of complex mineral fertilizer should be poured into it. To fill the pit, you should use the same substrate as during planting, while it must be well compacted, and the plant must be watered. In a transplanted specimen, it is recommended to remove all old branches, and those that remain must be cut off by 1/3. In this case, the trunk circle should be sprinkled with a layer of mulch (peat). If the bush is young, then it will get sick quickly enough, but an adult bush will get sick for a relatively long time.

Trimming action

Caring for such a plant includes regular pruning. The action should be cut twice a season - in spring and autumn time. In autumn, the branches that bloom this year must be cut to the base or to the first strong bud. You should also remove old branches and those due to which the crown thickens. Together with sanitary pruning, crown shaping is also done. In the spring, you need to shorten those branches that are frozen, and also remove the injured ones. In the event that during the winter the bush was very badly damaged, and more than half of its branches were broken, then it is recommended to cut such a plant “on a stump”. In the same way, anti-aging pruning is performed.

Diseases and pests

The shrub has a fairly high resistance to diseases and harmful insects. Very rarely, a bumblebee-like proboscis that feeds on leaves of action can harm it. You need to process the bush with a solution of Karbofos or Phtalofos, which should be fifteen percent.

Action after flowering

During flowering, the action looks simply amazing, it is especially pleasing that the flowers on the plant last a very long time. However, the time comes, and it still ends, and here it’s not far from winter. When planting a shrub, it should be noted that its resistance to cold is very low. Due to the fact that flowers appear only on last year's shoots, they need to be protected from frost as best as possible. Otherwise, the next year the plant will not bloom. In areas where winters are mild and there is a lot of snow, it is not necessary to cover the shrub, but its branches still need to be bent to the ground surface.

Caring for the action in the suburbs

In those places where winters are frosty or with little snow, mandatory shelter for wintering is required. At the same time, only snow cover will not be able to protect this plant from frost. Experienced gardeners it is recommended to use an air-dry shelter to prepare such a shrub for winter. To do this, the shrub must be bent to the surface of the soil and fixed. After that, you need to make a frame over it. The surface of the frame should be sprinkled with a layer of dry leaves or covered with spruce branches. From above, everything is covered with lutrasil, and a polyethylene film is stretched over it. This is necessary so that water cannot penetrate inside. This method of shelter is ideal for young shrubs, as their branches very easily bend down to the ground surface. If the shrub is an adult, then it should be tightly tied with twine or twine. On top of the connected bushes, it is necessary to wrap it with a covering material that must allow air to pass through (burlap, spunbond or lutrasil). This will help protect the plant from the cold, while the buds will not rot.

Types and varieties of action with photos and names

Several species and varieties of action are cultivated in the middle latitudes, while some of them enjoy relatively great popularity.

Amur action, or small-colored (Deutzia amurensis)

This plant can be found in natural conditions in China, North Korea and the Far East. On the territory of Russia, this plant is protected in several reserves. It prefers to grow in coniferous-deciduous and oak forests, while it can be found at an altitude of about 1.4 thousand meters above sea level. Such a plant is a deciduous shrub, the shape of which is sprawling. In height, it can reach 200 centimeters. The branches are covered with brown bark, which eventually changes its color to gray. The length of oppositely located sheet plates is about 6 centimeters, they have an elliptical shape. They are wedge-shaped at the base, and sharpen towards the apex, finely serrated, with pubescence on both sides. in spring and summer time they are rich green or green-ash color, and brown-yellow or ocher in the autumn months. Multi-flowered corymbose inflorescences in diameter reach 7 centimeters. They contain white flowers that are odorless. The plant blooms for 20 days, while the beginning of flowering is in the last days of June. The fruits are quite inconspicuous and painted in a dirty yellow color, they look like boxes of almost spherical shape. This type differs in moisture and light-loving, as well as resistance to drought, gases and smoke. The plant is fast-growing, it begins to bloom relatively early.

Deutzia graceful (Deutzia gracilis)

The plant is native to the mountains of Japan. The height of the bush can vary from 50 to 150 centimeters. The bush has a rounded shape, thin arched branches. Blooms very luxuriantly. The leaf blades are oblong-lanceolate in shape, they are elongated and have a pointed tip, the edge is unequally serrate. They have a length of about 6 centimeters and are painted in a pale green color. The underside of the leaflet is bare, and on the front side there are stellate hairs. The flowers are white, they are part of erect multi-flowered racemose inflorescences, which reach a length of about 9 centimeters. Flowering begins in the second half of July, while its duration is 35 days.

Action rough, or star-shaped (Deutzia scabra)

Native to Japan and China. The height of an elegant bush is about 250 centimeters. The color of the bark exfoliating over time is brown or light red. The length of pale green leaf plates is 3-8 centimeters. On their surface there are small stellate hairs that give the leaf a roughness. In this species, flowering begins later than all the others. The length of the brushes, consisting of white or pink flowers, is 12 centimeters. The action blooms from 15 to 20 days. Decorative forms:

1. Terry. The inner part of the double flowers is white, and the outer part is painted pink.
2. pure white. It has double white flowers.
3. Waterer. The flowers are white inside, and their outer part is carmine.
4. Pink-terry. There are double pink flowers. The form is highly resistant to frost.
5. white dotted. With small white dots on the leaf plates.

Deutzia magnificent, or lush (Deutzia magnifica)

This hybrid plant was born by crossing the Vilmorin action and the rough action. In height, an upright bush reaches about 250 centimeters. Leaf blades are elongated, ovate. Terry white flowers are part of large paniculate umbrella inflorescences, the length of which is about 10 centimeters. Flowering is incredibly abundant, under the weight of inflorescences, the branches acquire an arched bend. The plant begins to bloom in July, while the duration of flowering is about 20 days. This view is one of the most beautiful.

Deutzia longifolia

The height of the shrub varies from 100 to 200 centimeters. On the surface of the shoots there is pubescence. The length of the leaves is about 12 centimeters, they are finely serrated along the edge. They are dark green with front side, and greenish-gray from the pile from the wrong side. The diameter of lilac-pink flowers is about 25 mm, they are purple in buds. Flowering begins in mid-July. There is a long-leaved variety of Veitch, her flowers have a darker color.

Lemoine Deutzia (Deutzia x lemoinei)

This hybrid appeared due to the crossing of the graceful action and the small-flowered action. The height of the bush reaches about 200 centimeters. Blooms early and profusely. Snow-white flowers have a diameter of about 20 mm, while they are part of small inflorescences, the length of which is 10 centimeters. Flowering is beautiful, lush and long, and the plant also has good frost resistance. Highly ornamental varieties:

1. Belle de neige. The height of the bush is about 150 centimeters. The white flowers are about 25 mm in diameter.
2. Mont Rose. The height of the bush reaches 250 centimeters. The flowers are large, deep pink. The edges of the petals are wrapped so that the yellow anthers become visible.
3. Pink Pompom. Relatively new variety. The buds are carmine, and the flowers are deep pink terry. They are part of lush hemispherical inflorescences.

In addition to the described species, purple, large-flowered, Wilson and Vilmorin deuces are found in culture.

Action Facts

This is a low, about 1.5 m, deciduous shrub from the Hortensia family. Feature action, characteristic of many hydrangeas - exfoliation of the bark. If you look closely, then under the white lace of flowers you can see gray-brown shoots with thin plates of bark hanging down in “tatters”. This is a normal property of mature shoots, and not traces of a disease or pest.

In the garden, action looks good, for example, in a conspicuous place with evergreen rhododendron and terry kerria. They all bloom at the same time, and the action creates a neutral white transition between lilac and yellow flowers. In landscape design, a combination of action with decorative conifers is often used, and hedges are formed from tall varieties. Deytion is not afraid of exhaust gases, so it can be planted as a hedge in areas adjacent to the road.

Action: landing and care

landing action

The plant is very photophilous, for planting you need to choose the sunniest place, protected from cold winds. The soil should be loose, fertile, well-drained, with a neutral reaction. If the soils are acidic, when planting the action, 300 g of slaked lime or a glass of ash are added to the pit. The best soil for action is compost earth, humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 1.

Places with waterlogged soil and high groundwater levels are not suitable for action.

Deytion is planted in the spring, it is best to buy seedlings immediately before planting. The depth of the planting pit is about 50 cm, for drainage, sand or broken kripich can be poured into the bottom of the pit with a layer of 10-15 cm. It is recommended to add 100-120 g of nitrophoska to the soil mixture to fill the pit. In no case should the root neck of the seedling be buried, it should be at ground level. The distance between the bushes is not less than 1.5 m. After planting, the action is watered abundantly, the soil is compacted and mulched with a layer of peat 5-7 cm thick.

Action Care

Watering. Adult plants are drought-resistant and do not tolerate waterlogging, so they only need 1 bucket of water for each bush once a week or less. After watering, the soil is loosened to a depth of 20 cm. In hot, dry weather and during flowering, watering is increased, and in the first decade of August it is stopped to give the action an opportunity to prepare for winter. Young plants in the period of active growth require more abundant watering.

Top dressing. Fertilize the action with compost with a glass of ash or fermented liquid manure (1 liter per 10 liters of water). Complex mineral fertilizers are applied twice per season (120-150 g for each bush). It is desirable to carry out top dressing during the flowering period and in the first half of summer, fertilizing in the fall has a bad effect on winter hardiness.

pruning. The action is pruned in spring and early summer. At the end of April, all branches growing inside the crown, broken or damaged, as well as the tips of the shoots that did not ripen last year and were frozen, are removed. After flowering, each faded branch is cut back to a strong young shoot. It is also shortened by a third or a quarter, and it begins to bush and lay future flower buds.

If the plant is more than five years old, every 3 years you need to remove 1-2 of the oldest shoots to ground level and thus rejuvenate the bush.

Preparing action for winter. Deutsia winters not as problem-free as spirea. In severe winter, the shrub can freeze to the level of snow and then grow back, but there will be practically no flowering this year, because the action blooms on the shoots of the previous year.

Young plants for the winter can be bent to the ground, fixing the branches with two sticks crosswise or in small arcs, sketch the leaves from above and build a “hut” from the sticks. Cover the entire structure with lutrasil and polyethylene. This design of the shelter will not allow the snow settling in the spring to bend down and break the branches of the action.

An adult bush cannot be bent - its thick branches will break immediately, they are very fragile. Mature plants are prepared for winter before the leaves have completely fallen, so that they can serve as additional protection in the cold. The branches of the action are carefully pulled together with a rope and put on a bush a bag or any nonwoven fabric with a density of 60. From above it is fixed with clothespins. Such a shelter protects not so much from frost as from drying up shoots: without a bag, flower buds are likely to dry out.

Reproduction of action

The plant reproduces well in early summer with green and lignified cuttings, but bushes obtained by layering grow fastest. Seed sowing is also possible. Preliminary preparation seeds are not needed, they are simply sown in the spring, pressing tightly to the ground without embedding in the soil. It usually takes about 3 weeks for seedlings to emerge.

Annual seedlings are easily damaged by frost, so they are covered for the winter. Flowering of seedlings begins in the third year.

Pests and diseases

The plant is very resistant to pests and diseases. Sometimes its leaves are damaged by a bumblebee-like proboscis, which can be removed by treating the bushes with phthalophos or karbofos (15% solution).

Types and varieties of action

V middle lane The following species are grown in Russia:

Action small-flowered, or Amur (Deutzia parviflora, Deutzia amurensis). Spreading shrub up to 2 m high (in the Moscow region - up to 1.5 m). It blooms with small (up to 1.2 cm) white, odorless five-petalled flowers. Flowering time - June, duration up to 20 days.

The action is magnificent, or lush (Deutzia magnifica). Shrub up to 1.5 m high with a wide crown that grows rapidly. It blooms with large, up to 3 cm, bright white flowers, collected in umbrellas. Flowering time in the Moscow region is the end of June - the beginning of July. In culture, decorative forms of action magnificent with double flowers (Formoza), with bell-shaped flowers (Superba), with especially dense inflorescences (Erecta) are grown.

Deutzia Lemoine, or hybrid (Deutzia x lemoinei). More tall, up to 1.6 m, with a wide rounded crown. White flowers up to 2 cm in diameter are collected in pyramidal panicle inflorescences, standing straight. Blooms early, in May; in the suburbs, flowering may be later. Decorative varieties of Lemoine action, which are popular with gardeners, have been bred:

Boule de Neige (Boule de Neige) - with white flowers in panicle inflorescences.

Mount Rose (Mont Rose) - flowers are large, up to 3 cm, bright pink, unusually wide open.

Pink Pom Pom (Pink Pompom) - double flowers, deep pink, hemispherical inflorescences.

Strawberry Fields (Strawberry Fields) - with flowers of an unusual color: raspberry outside and pale pink inside.

Action rough, or stellate (Deutzia scabra) has rough, hairy leaves. The crown becomes spreading with age, in the middle lane the bush grows up to 1.5 m. It blooms white or pink flowers small size (up to 1.5 cm) with characteristic oblong-pointed petals. The inflorescence is an elongated, narrow panicle.

In gardens there are forms of action rough:

Plena - with double flowers of pale pink color;

Roseo-plena - very hardy, with pink double flowers.

It is thermophilic, grows well and blooms in sunny places, covered from the wind.

Requires loose, well-drained, fertile soil. Dislikes acidic soils.

It is drought tolerant, watering is very moderate except for young plants and the flowering period.

Pruning required.

Shelter is needed for the winter.

Deutia is a genus of perennial shrubs from the Hortensia family, from 50 cm to 4 m high, among 72 species there are both deciduous and evergreen. It is valued by gardeners for its long (up to 35 days) and very abundant flowering in late spring - early summer, as well as for the shape of the bush - in most species it looks like a dome, slightly less in width than in height.

This plant lives for about 25 years. Flowers are white, pink, sometimes red, simple or double, mostly odorless. It is often used as a hedge, because it calmly tolerates smoke, or as freestanding bushes. Even fragrant species are absolutely safe for people with allergies. In green form, not in the flowering period, the action is easily confused with honeysuckle.

The most common types and varieties

1. (she is also slender) - a low bush, 0.5 - 1.2 m in height, has a bulk form - up to 1.5 m in diameter. It blooms up to 35 days, starting from mid-June, the flowers are white, fragrant. Loves good lighting. The hybrid of the same name of this species, growing in Japan, has been blooming since April.

   

2. - grows up to 2.5 m in height, got its name for the rough to the touch flower petals. Blossoms 14 - 20 days from July, pink or white, simple or double flowers. Features: reddish-brown bark; does not tolerate drafts.

   

3. (aka Small-flowered) - deciduous shrub up to 2m in height and 1.5m in diameter. It blooms for about 3 weeks, starting from the end of June, with small white flowers. Demanding on air humidity and light.

   

4. - a large bush up to 3 m in height and up to 2 m in diameter, blooms in May - June with white or pink, sometimes double flowers. Does not require a mandatory haircut.

   

5. - one of the most beautiful hybrids, blooms in the first half of summer. The flowers are snow-white, large (3 cm in diameter), terry, collected in inflorescences up to 12 cm. It grows quickly, up to a maximum of 2m; with proper care and good location, it can live 20 to 50 years.

   

6. Deutsia Pink - a hybrid of Purple and Graceful. It blooms in May - June, pink or white flowers. The bush is rounded, after 6 - 10 years it reaches only 1 m in height and the same in diameter. It is frost-resistant, able to winter with shelter only for roots and green foliage.
   
7. Pink Pompom - bush 2 - 2.5 m in height with erect shoots, double flowers and dark green rough leaves. It blooms in June - July, the flowers are pink outside and white inside. Requires good lighting and full shelter for the winter.

   

8. Mont Rose - a hybrid with vertical shoots up to 2.5 m, blooms in June - July, purple-pink. Differs in drought resistance.

   

9. - grows up to 1.5 - 2 m, shoots are erect, but during abundant flowering may sag under the weight of the inflorescences. It blooms in May - June, the star-shaped flowers are white on the inside and pink on the outside.

   

10. Deytsiya Magnificent (aka Lush) - a hybrid of Deutsia Vilmorin and Rough. Shoots are erect, up to 2 - 2.5 m in height, but can fall under the weight of inflorescences. Blossoms 2 - 3 weeks, starting in July, white or pink double flowers. Prefers abundant, but diffused lighting and high humidity.
    
11. Strawberry - fluffy bush with exfoliating bark. Flowers appear in June, are crimson on the outside and pale pink on the inside. One of the few fragrant varieties of action.
    

Growing conditions and care

Action is a very demanding plant, and in order for it to live long and be beautiful, provide it with the following conditions:

• Lighting and air humidity ideal for action in partial shade from tall trees with an openwork crown. Such neighbors will protect the bushes from direct sunlight, but leave a sufficient level of lighting and keep moisture in the air. If there is no possibility of such a neighborhood, it is better to choose the sun than a thick shadow.
• North cold wind and draft are also undesirable for the action, so it is better to look for a place for it in the south of the house or other building.
• ground water located very close to the surface of the earth will also not allow the development of action for a long time and fully.
• When choosing a place for an action, also consider its possible dimensions after 5-7 years: it is better that nothing grows within a radius of 1-2.5 m (depending on the variety and how you cut it).
• soil they prefer fertile, it can be loamy, but drained, because. This plant does not tolerate stagnant moisture in the ground. The ideal mixture for mature plants is a combination of humus, river sand and peat (or compost) in a ratio of 2:2:1. Acidity is desirable neutral (pH 5 - 8).
• Watering produce regularly from April-May to mid-August, an average of 10 liters per plant once a week, and in dry hot weather - 20 liters each. large bushes and hedge watered at the rate of 30 - 40l per 1m. sq.
• loosening carried out after watering to a depth of 20 - 25 cm, simultaneously removing weeds. Mulching the root circle will help to avoid this procedure.
• pruning carried out twice a year: in spring and summer, after flowering. In the spring, only a sanitary haircut is carried out - frozen and dry branches are removed, as well as broken and crushed ones. The main pruning is carried out immediately after flowering, so that the plant has time to recover. To do this, all shoots are shortened by 1/3, simultaneously adjusting the shape of the bush. If you are categorically not satisfied with the shape of your action, feel free to cut it to the ground, leaving only a stump. This stimulates the active growth of basal shoots, and the next year you will receive a new lush bush.
• Feed up the action is plentiful when planting, and then only during the flowering period 1 time per month, 3-4 liters of liquid manure per plant. Additionally, it is desirable to feed 2 times a season with a complex mineral fertilizer of 100 - 150g per 1 bush.
• Shelter for the winter required for different different varieties and regions.
• It is enough for frost-resistant varieties to mulch the root circle with fallen leaves, straw or spruce branches.
• If the plant is an adult, with upright shoots, tie its branches with twine or twine, and wrap it with covering material on top - burlap, spandbond or lutrasil.
• Juveniles and bushes with a round crown can be bent to the ground, a frame can be built above them, covered with spruce branches or fallen leaves, covered with lutrasil, and the last layer is a film.

Don't forget to remove the shelter at the beginning of April so that the action will bloom in time.

Planting and reproduction

Only young actions are planted in early spring when the trees had not yet budded. To do this, prepare holes 35-60 cm deep (the poorer the soil, the deeper) at a distance of 1.5 m from each other. If the plant is 1 - 3 years old, pinch the roots for greater bushiness. The bottom of the pit is drained with sand or broken bricks, a seedling is placed on it, the roots are straightened horizontally and covered with suitable soil (see growing conditions and care). Fertilizers are mixed into the soil: about 10 liters of compost and 100 g of nitrophoska per 1 plant. The root neck can be deepened by no more than 2 cm. The root circle is mulched with peat, a layer of about 5 cm.

The action is propagated most easily by cuttings (about 90% take root) or root sprays, but reproduction by seeds, dividing the bush and layering is also possible.

1. Green cuttings are cut in May-June. To do this, cut 8 - 10 cm from large, mature shoots. The cut will not be superfluous to process with a root formation stimulator. For a soil mixture, equally nutritious soil (for example, sandy peat) is combined with river sand. The cuttings are deepened by 0.5 cm with a slight slope and sprinkled with a 2-3 cm layer of sand. Seedlings are ready for planting in a permanent place only after 2 years.
2. Lignified cuttings are harvested in late autumn, during the dormant period of the plant. Cut cuttings of 15 - 25 cm, 3 - 5 buds on each, tied into a bundle of 10 - 15 pieces and vertically, almost completely covered with wet sand. Stored until spring in the basement, and then grown in the same way as green cuttings.
3. The bush is also divided only in the spring. To do this, it is completely dug up, old branches are removed, thinned out and divided into 2 - 3 parts. Transplant as quickly as possible so that the roots do not have time to dry out.
4. Root offspring can be separated without digging out the entire bush, and also quickly transplanted into a prepared hole.
5. The seeds of the action ripen in October in fruits - boxes, they are crushed and stored until spring. Sow the seeds in the lung fertile soil(peat, humus and river sand in equal proportions), superficially, and sprinkled on top with a thin layer of clean sand. Crops are well moistened and covered with glass or a transparent film. Seedlings should be expected in 1 - 1.5 months. Young growth dive with well-developed leaves immediately into open ground.

Diseases and pests

Deitia is a very disease resistant plant, but occasionally it can be affected by aphids and leaf spot. And if suddenly the leaves of your bush are eaten by a bumblebee proboscis, treat it with a 15% solution of phthalofos or karbofos.